for Poliarmonica
(accordion + field recordings + pedalboards + computer processing)
Aquae sonantes presents an ongoing research focused on water: its sounds, our relations to those sounds, and the sounds we produce in the vicinity of water. It focuses on radical, relational and ecological listening, and is an homage to this essential element: we are made of water, surrounded by it – yet we so often overlook its presence, draining and polluting this vital entity.
The field recordings have been collected through several residencies and projects, from the watermill Mulino Nicli, the river Piave, the Sardinian island (Italy) to the rains and fountains of Brussels and Marais Wiels (Belgium).
I perform the piece using my expanded instrument, the Poliarmonica, a hybrid of accordion, pedalboards, computer electronics, and field recordings.
Poliarmonica inhabits the space between composition and improvisation, performance and situatedness, fostered by social conscience and activism. It invites and includes the audience in shaping their own listening experience.